The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-05

1--WE Assembly vi WyOmlngi TO TelloVo
Colorado from the charges on account
of ordnance stores furnished the State
and Territory; to relinquIsh the inter
ests of the United States in certain lots
to the city and county of San Francisco;
to remove the charge of desertion from
the records of soldiers who re-enlisted
without having receiv discharges on
account of first enlistment; to establish
two additional land districts in Ne
braska; to amend the laws relating to
patents, trade marks and copyrights; to
extend the time for the completion
of the records of the court of
Alabama claims; to credit Kansas with
certain money on ordnance account; to
authorize the, Postmaster-General to
allow compensation for railroad apart
ment car service furnished pursuant
to the agreement to establish a land
Office at Lamar, COL: to extend the first
section OF the dutiable goods act to
Portland. Oregon, and the first and
seventh sections of the act to Port
Townsend, w. T.; to allow receivers of
national banks to buy in trust property
on the approval of the comptroller OF
the currency; to grant certain Seal
Rocks to San Francisco; to
establish military post at
Denver, Colorado; to provide
for the extension of Article of the
Chinese treaty of November 18th, 1850.
ct prohibits the Importation Of opium
into either country by the citizens of
the other); to increase the limit of the
cost fer public buildings at Denver,
Colorado. OF the foregoing measures
seven became laws by expiration, viz:
The Mormon polygamy bill, trade dol
lar redemption bill, the military bill
aud four private bills.
The Senate bills vetoed were thirty
nine in number, eleven being of pub
lie and twenty eight of private char
acter. The public bills vetoed were as
the Des MONIES River lands (passed
of the necessary two thirds in the
Housed; for the erection of public
buildings at GAINESVILLE, O., Lafayette,
Ind; Sioux City, Ia; Dayton, o.,
(passed over veto in both houses) and
LynRst Mass to enter the provisions
of the immediate transportation act to
Omaha, Neb.; to grant railroads the
right of way through Indian reserva-
lions in northern Montana. The ninet-- .
three House 6bills vetoed included
eighty-seven private bills, and six bills
of public nature the public bills
vetoed were for the erection of federal
buildings at Springfield, Mo-, Duluth,
Mimi, Ashville, n. c., and Ports
mouth, o.. to distribute $4,000 worth
of seeds among the drought-stricken
people of Texas, and to grant pensions
TO dependent soldiers and dependent
relatives of deceased soldiers Ian effort
made to pass the dependent pension
bill over the veto failed). The regular
appropriation bills which failed of en-
actment were the fortifcation bill for
both Congresses; river and harbor bill,
for the present session, which was not
signed by. the President; and The de-
ficiency bill, on which the conference
report was not submitted in time for
action. The failure of the Notifications
bill was due to decided difference of
opinion between the conference of the
two houses.
Fifty bills in addition to those which
became laws and those vetoed, were
sent to the President but were pocket
vetoed" by him On the adjournment of
Congress, and therefore failed. The
most important are as follows: River
and harbor; to prevent the employ
ment of convict and alien labor on
public works; to open to the settle.
ment public land strip south of
Kansas; the 0'Neill labor arbitration
bill, for the settlement of controversies
between interstate railroads and
their employees; the Morrison sur
plus resolution; to annex part of
Idaho TO Washington Territory; for the
holding of terms of court at Duluth,
Mimi. ard Corinth, Miss; the North
ern Pacific forfeiture bill; the bill to re.
peal pre-empuon, homestead, timber
culture, and desert land laws was in
conference for long time, but the di
ferences proved irreconcilsble. The bill
to tax fractional part of gallon of
spirits was killed by the refusal of the
House to accept the conference report,
and failed in conference, while the bill
to create department of agriculture
and labor was killed by the inability OF
its friends to send it to
the conference committee. About
$50 bills and joint resolutions
which passed the House failed of action
in the Senate, some of which, however,
were defeated by adverse committee re-
ports. The more important of these
bills are as follows: To establish sub
Treasury at Louisville, KY, adversely
reported from the Senate committee);
to authorize the establishment of export
tobacco manufacturers, and for the
drawback upon imported articles used
in the manufacture of exported tobacco;
to terminate certain Chinese treaty
stipulatiOns, and prohibit Chinese i'm
migration into the United States.
About $50 bills passed by the
Senate failed to pass in the
House. The Blair educational bill,
after passing .the1 Senate was buffeted
about iFona one committee to another
in the House and was never allowed to
come before the House for action, al
though its friends claimed a decided
majority in its favor on the test vote.
The Gamer 5n-Hale twin bills appro-
priating $35, 100000 for the increase of
the navy, were sent to the naval COM
mittee and died there, although the
provision for additional vessels was in
serted in the naval appropriation bills.
The twin fertilization bills which passed
the Senate were allowed to sleep in the
House appropriations committee room;
the McAdoo Notifications bill,
the Pacific funding bill,ss the Henne
pin canal bill, the Oklahoma bill and
the Dunn free ship bill were all re-
ported from the House committees and
all failed to get beyond the stage of
general debate. The bills to repeal the
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